Tag: Australia
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Online App Encourages Abstinence in Alcohol Addiction
Results from a clinical trial show users of an online abstinence training app are less likely to relapse in alcohol consumption than sham training app users.
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Infographic – Mental Health Effects of Pandemic
Physical symptoms experienced by people with Covid-19 infections are well documented over the past few months, but the psychological toll is also beginning to get attention.
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Advanced Solid Tumor Precision Meds. Trial Begins
A clinical trial is underway testing a treatment for advanced-stage cancers that blocks amino acids allowing nutrients to feed the growth of solid tumors.
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Biotech IDs Potent Covid-19 Antibodies
A company discovering therapeutic antibodies identified antibodies considered particularly effective in neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 viruses causing Covid-19 infections.
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Drug Maker Licenses Low-Dose Vaccine Patch
The pharmaceutical company Merck is licensing a microneedle patch device that delivers vaccines with a small fraction of the dose normally needed by syringes.
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TB Vaccine Test on Covid-19 Expanding to Europe
A clinical trial testing a current tuberculosis vaccine among health care workers in Australia is expanding in that country and to two European countries.
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Case Study Maps Covid-19 Immune Response
Infectious disease specialists in Australia tracked the course of an early patient’s immune-system response to non-severe novel coronavirus, or Covid-19, infections.
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Patch Delivers Low-Dose Vaccine with Full-Dose Power
A clinical trial shows a polymer patch with one-sixth of the usual influenza vaccine dose generates about the same immune reaction as a full-dose injection.
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Intl Group Calls for More Coronavirus Vaccines
An international consortium issued a proposal call for more vaccines to protect against the novel coronavirus now spreading from China to the rest of the world.
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Stem Cell Transplants Offer Nerve Pain Relief
Researchers in Australia show in tests with lab mice that transplanted adult stem cells can provide long-term relief from chronic pain caused by nerve damage.